Editor's view

Happy New Year, everybody. 2007 doesn't promise to be an easy year for those in early years education and childcare, but it should be an interesting one. We will see the Comprehensive Spending Review; the roll-out of children's centres and extended schools will continue; free nursery education hours are to be increased, amid huge unrest about the cost to the private and voluntary sector; the shape of the Early Years Foundation Stage will become clearer; the Early Years Professional programme will be in full swing; and the Ofsted Childcare Register will launch! And through it all, early years and childcare...